Irrigating system.



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REIGAT'ENG SYSTEM.

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' witnesses .opposite sides of-the field to be ERNEsT L. DE LONG, or crniiiwiiriis, FLORIDA,

I RRIGATING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented March 16, 1909.

Aipntion med January is, 190s. serial No. 409,451.

To all wliom it ma/ i/ concern.:

Be it known that l, EnNEsT L. DE LONG, a citizen oi: the United States, residing at Clearwater', iii the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lrrigating Systems, of which the following-is a specifica-- tion.-

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in irrigating systems, 'and the object of my invention is to provide an irrigating system of the type known overhead irrigating, which shall be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, com posed of few parts and not liable to get out of order.

With these and other objects in vieiigniy invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements ol parts the preferred form ol: which will be first described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then the invention particularly pointed out in the claims.

invention and wherein the saine part is designated by the saine reference numeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of one form of my invention.; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in section, oi one of the pipes; Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of a modified forni of operating mechanism,- Fig. 4 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 3,' Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one end of a pipe with its operating arms and flexible connection.

1 designates a series ol osts arranged in pairs situated at suitable i istances apart on irrigated; 2 designates pipes rotatably mounted in the upper ends of the pairs of posts, the posts supporting the pipes at their ends iis-shown. These pipes are tapped at intervals along one side in'which are inserted the nozzles 3, preferably of the character fully described and claimed in my application No. 382,499, filed July 6, 1907. At one end the" pipes are closed by means of ably screw-threaded thereon. l Y

5, 5 designate upright pipes, one for each of the pipes2, extending up from a inain which runs parallel with the posts on one side of the i'ield. At the upper end each of the pipes 5 is provided with an elbouT 7 to which is attached a stop-cock 8 of any ordi- :nary construction.

a cap 4 which is prefer! l l y l 9 is a section of rubber hose which connects lthe open end of the pipes 2 with the open end ol thestop-cocks .n This section of hose is clamped to the pipes 2 and the endj of the stop cocks 8 by means of .the clamps 10 of any ordinary. or

desired construction.

i By means of this rubber hose connection the vadapted to be 'rotated pipes 2 may be" given an oscillatory movement oi' the required amount, which is a httle less than. a hall' rotation, in order to de rect the spray which issues from the nozzles to both sides of the pipe, whereby a large amount of territory can be covered'by each of the pipes. l

l may` provide any desired means for oscillating the pipes and in the form. of my invention shown such means consist of a pair of arms 11 wliioh,- at their inner ends, are provided with scnii-circular collar portions 12 having the straight extensions 13 through which pass the screws 14, as best shown inpFig. 4, the screws 14 being adapted to enter tapped openings in the Referring to the drawings wherein l show -Z for the sake of illustration two forms of my arms 11. this construction the arms may on to pipes as shown. nected in the forni of construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, extend around a drum 1.6 mounted in a post 17, the drum being provided with" a handle 18 by means of which it may be turned. i

19 is a post located at the end of the series opposite the post 17 oiiwhieh is pivotally mounted the arm 20, to which the ends of the wire 15 are'connected, therebyholding the wires taut.

lnliigs. 5 and 6 l have shown a orin of construction in which 'the oscillation of the pipes is effected by power. This means consists of a i'oclsiin 21 mounted in the )ost 17 instead of the drum 16, tothe end s oi which are connected .the wires 15. 22 is a )itrnan rod connected at one end to one en of the arm 21, and at its other end to a wrist pin 23 mounted on a worm gear 24, which'engages a worm 25 mountedon a shaft 26, supported in bearings 27 of a suitable base 28.

29 is/fa belt pulley fast on the shaft 26 and from any suitable source of power. From this construction it will beseen that upon the rotationof the shaft`26 the w0rin 25 will rotate the Worm gear 24, thus causing the arm 21 to oscillate about its 'central pivot 30.

The pi es 2 are preferablfplaced at such a height a together by means of wires 15 which,A

ove the ground 'that -a horse canl In the operation olv my device it will he understood that water under pressure is,

supplied to the main o from whirh it passes by the pipes 5 through the hose connections 3 9 and lnto the pipes 2 trom which 1t passes ,l

out to the nozzles 3 in the form of vline streams.

The pipes are .arranged across the held to be irrigated at shell a distance alpart that all llie ground between the pipes w1 l be covered f v qluriug the oscillation of the pipes which,

neferably, and as indicated by the dotted lines, is a little less than a half revolution. The pipes are slowly oscillated by either operating the drum 1 6 by hand or by the power mechanism shown in `Figs. 5 and Vhile I have shown but a small section of a complete irrigating plant, it is to be understood of course that in practice the pipes across the field may be of such length as to necessitate supporting them on posts arranged inter-me( iate ol" the end posts shown, and the oscillating device may also be situated intermediate ot' the end post, as well as the Water main, the exact construction depending of course upon the size and eharacter of the particular held to he irrigated, and the sim )le construction showing the application oli my invention to a small leld is merely for the )urpose'ol illustration.

While I have described what I believe to be the preferred l'orni 'of my invention, I desire to have it understood that many changes may he made in the form, eonstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In an irrigating system, the combina-- tion with a series ol pipes extending parallel to each other and to the ground to be irrigated, said pipes licing provided with openings along their length, means for supplying liquid for irrigating purposes to said pipes and means connecting said pipes, whereby they may be oscillated in unison.

2. ln an nrlgatmg system, the combination with a series of pipes extending` parallel to cach other and to the ground to be irrigated, said pipes heilig provided with openings along their length, arms secured to the pipes, wires connecting the arms, means for operating the wires to oscillate the pipes and means for sup )lying liquid for nrigating purposes to said pipes.

3. In an irrigating system, the combination with a series el' pipes extending parallel to each other and to the ground to be irrigated, said pipes being provided with a series of openmgs along their length, a second series of' pipes, one for each ol' the first mentioned series, sections of hose llexibly connecting the pipes of the two series together and means lor oscillating all the pipes of the iirst mentioned. series in unison.

In testimony whereof I all'ix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ERNEST L. DE LONG.

Witnesses WILLIE Lian Josnrn, J. W. WILLIAMsoN. 

